Mechanical movement for washing-machine wringers.



S. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHING MACHINE WRINGERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1913.

1,088,859. Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHING MACHINE WRINGERS.

APPLIOATION TILED JUNE 16, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHING MACHINE WRINGERS.

, APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1913. 1,088,859. Patented Mar. 3, 1914..

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' ihwooeo SAMUEL 1?. WHITE, 01 DAVENPORT, IOWA.

MECHANICAL .MOVEMENT FOR WASHING-MACHINE WRINGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 19114.

Original application filed March 10, 1913, Serial No. 753,327. Divided and this application filed June 16, 1913. Serial No. 773,845.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. l/Ynrrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements for Washing-Machine WVringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to laundry machines for domestic purposes, and particularly to mechanism for supporting and driving the wringer.

The principal object of my lnvention is to provide means upon which the wringer is mounted, that can be moved longitud nally upon the supporting bench in a position next the tub of the washing machine to wring clothes directly into or from sald tub, or can be moved into any position between said tub and the farthest end of said bench for other purposes.

Another object of my invention is to actuate the wringer by a master-shaft disposed longitudinally under the bench regardless of the position the wringer may be in.

Yet another object thereof is to provide clutch mechanism that will enable the operator to impart the movement of the master-shaft to or disengage the same from the shaft actuating the wringer, whenever desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide for a suitable elongation of the bench upon which the laundry apparatus is mounted so that it may accommodate other receptacles for the reception of the wash, whenever desired.

These and other objects I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof taken on dot ted line 2, 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on dotted line 3, 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on dotted line 4, 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal section taken just below the plane of the top of the bench.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bench, which is, preferably, of a width corresponding to the diameter of the washing machine tub B mounted upon one end thereof, and is of a length suflicient to accommodate and support two or more tubs arranged with the washing machine tub in tandem. This bench is supported by four 1 legs, one at each corner, and at the end opposite the washing machine tub, it is proyided with a slide or extension 0, comprismg two parallel wooden strips or reaches, which have their outer ends connected by a cross-bar, and are longitudinally adjustable in or out of slides secured to the underside of the top of said bench, substantially as shown. lVhen this extension is drawn out, a basket or tub can be seated thereon, but it can be shoved back until the cross-bar C thereof comes in contact with the end of the bench, in which position it will be entirely out of the way.

The type of washing machine, which I prefer to use in conjunction with my improved mechanism, is fully illustrated. and described in application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed by me February 8th, 1912, and numbered 676,178, and the means for actuating the dolly-shaft thereof are fully set forth and illustrated in an application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed by me March 10th, 1913, Serial No. 753,327, whereof this present application is a division.

The lower end of the dolly-shaft D passes up through the bottom of the tub and it has a suitable spur-wheel H secured to its lower end that is actuated by a horizontally disposed reciprocable rack h. The end of rack /L opposite the spur-wheel is pivotally secured to the upper end of a link I, and the lower end of the latter is pivoted in a suitable bracket secured to the side-rail of the bench. This link is rocked back and forth by means of a conncctingrod K, one end of which latter is pivoted to the upper end of the link concentric with the center of the pivotal connection between the link and the rack and the other or opposite end of which is pivotally mounted on a suitable crankpin 7! projecting from a comparatively large gear L. Gear L is mounted on the adjacent end of a longitudinally disposed spindle m that is journaled in the bearing-boss 71, made integral with the vertical portion of a hanger M, and this gear L is driven by a small gear P mounted upon and revoluble with the longitudinally disposed mastershaft N of the machine. This master-shaft is ournaled in suitable bearings 0, 0 secured to and depending from the end rails of the top of the bench midway betweenthe sides of the same, and is driven by a motor or otherwise, through the medium of a pulley on its extended end nearest the tub. This master-shaft is, between its bearings adjacent its actuating means and the clutch for throwing the washing machine mechanism in or out of gear, made cylindrical, and the remainder of its length is, preferably, made square in cross-section. The drive-gear P is loosely mounted on the mastenshaft next the side of the hanger M, and is in mesh with the large gear L, and is slidable longitudinally on said shaft to a limited extent, but not enough to move out of engagement with gear L. The boss of this gear P is engaged by the upturned end of a transverse rock-shaft R, journaled at one end in a hanger M, and atits opposite end in a suitable hanger s secured to and depending from the side rail of the bench, and beyond this hanger s the said rock-shaft is bent vertically upward to form a handle. The opposite end of the boss of gear P is provided with a clutch member P that is adapted to engage an opposing clutch member w which is secured to and revolves with the master-shaft and is made in the adj acent end of a collar or coupling X, which latter enables me to make the master-shaft of two commercial forms of shafting, one round and the other square in crosssection. Thus, it will be seen that when the rockshaft R is rotated in the one direction, the clutch members will be thrown into engage-- ment with each other and through the conjunctive mechanism will actuate the dolly of the washing machine, and when the clutch mechanism is disengaged the dolly will no longer be actuated by said mastershaft.

Between the washing machine tub and the opposite end of the bench, angle-iron rails 2, 2, are secured in parallel relation so that their vertical portions overhang and are parallel to the longitudinal sides of the bench. A traveling-frame, upon which the wringer mechanism is carried, is mounted and adjustable upon these rails. This frame consists of two corresponding standards or uprights 3, 3, that are, preferably, made of wood, and have their lower ends inserted and secured in a rectangular depressed area of the center portion of the outer surface of T-shaped truck-frames l, 4. The alining arms of these truck-frames are made with inwardly projecting portions that overhang rails 2, and the inner extremities of said arms are, preferably, provided with two parallel vertical webs, between which the truck wheels 7 that run on rails 2 are journaled. The lower edge of the inner one of these webs depends below that of the other and constitutes a guard that prevents said truclnframes from moving laterally off of the rails. Below the planeof the top of the bench the outer web of the ends of the alin in g arms of the truck-frames have inwardly projecting flanges 8 that extend toward and come under the overhanging portion of said rails and prevent said truck-frames from being accidentally lifted off the rails.

The lower ends or feet of the truck-frames are fiat and of a flanged construction and are riveted or otherwise secured to a crossbar 9 extending from one side of the machine to the other under the bench. At about its center of length this cross-bar 9, (which has portions cut out to lighten it) has a couple of bearings that are provided with flanged bushings 10" having square bores through which the master-shaft extends, and between these bearings said master-shaft has a gear 10 mounted thereon the boss of which engages the flanges of said bushings and prevents longitudinal movement on said shaft. This gear 10 engages the circumferential teeth of a combined spur and bevel gear 12, which is secured upon a longitudinally reciprocable idle-shaft 14;, whose ends are journaled in bearings 13, 13, depending down from the underside of the plate. At a suitable distance from the combination gear 12, 1 secure on this idle-shaft a bevelgear 15, the face of which opposes the beveled teeth of the combination gear. Between t-hese ears the lower portion of shaft 14; is seated in a U-shaped channel 16, which latter, at its center of length, has a downwardly projecting stud that is pivotally seated in a suitable socket or bearing in the adjacent end of a horizontally disposed transverse lever 18, This lever is fulcrumed at a suitable point on the opposite side of the master-shaft by means of a stud 19 projecting upwardly therefrom through bearings 20 in cross-bar 9 in which it is retained by means of a suitable cotter-pin or otherwise. The longer arm of this lever extends outwardly beyond the sides of the standard 3, and is engaged by the lower cranked end of a vertical rock-shaft 21. The lower end of said rock-shaft is journaled in an end extension of the cross-plate, 9 and its upper end is journaled in a lug projecting ontward from a plate 22 secured to the upper end of the standard by means of rivets thatpass through the standards and tirough the vertical web of a flanged corner angle 23, which latter is employed to secure the wooden cross-bar 24 to the upper ends of the standards. Above plate 22, shaft 21 is provided with a suit-able handle 25, and the boss of the latter prevents shaft'21 from falling down through the lug in which it is journaled. By moving handle 25 in one direction, lever 18 will be moved so that it will shift shaft 14: longitudinally in one direction, and when the handle is moved in the opposite direction, shaft 14: will be moved longitudinally in the reverse direetion. When the lever 18 is maintained in a position at right angles to the master-shaft, combination gear 12 and bevel gear 15 will run free, but when idle-shaft 14, upon which they are mountd, is moved longitudinally, the bevel teeth of the combination gear 12 will engage the adjacent side of an intermediate bevel gear 26, and drive the transverse shaft 27, upon the adjacent endiof which it is secured, in one direction, or the bevel gear 15 will engage the opposite side of gear 26 and drive the shaft 27 in the opposite direction.

Shaft 27 is journaled in suitable bearing bosses depending down from cross-plate 9, and extends out beyond the outer surface of standard 3 on the same side of the machine, where it is provided with a sprocket-wheel 28. This sprocket-wheel is connected by a suitable chain-belt 29 to a suitable sprocketwheel 30, which latter is securely mounted upon the extended end of the shaft of one of the rollers of wringer 31.

I do not lay claim to any novelty of the construction of the wringer, which latter is securely mounted upon the crossbar 2t connecting the upper ends of the standards.

In operation, it is usual to put the wash or work in the tub of the washing machine and thoroughly wash the same through the medium of the rotary reciprocable movement of the dolly. WVhen the clothes are washed, the clutch is disengaged, and the cover of the tub is raised. Then lever 18 is rocked so as to impart the motion of the master-shaft to the transverse-shaft 27, and rotate the latter in the direction it is desired to revolve the rollers of the wringer, in the right direction, and then the clothes from the tub are fed between the rollers of the avringer and the water expressed therefrom traveling frame and wringer are moved longitudinally to the side of the rinsing tub diametrically opposite the washing machine tub, and from this second tub the clothes are put through the wringer into a tub of bluing water, and when the wash has all been conveyed to the tub of bluing water the traveling frame and wringer carried thereby are moved to the side of the tub or bluing water opposite the tub of rinsing water, on the end of the bench opposite the washing machine, and then the wash is put through the wringer into a basket or tub supported upon the sliding extension Gr. Of course, the method of using the wringer in relation to the washing from the washing machine tub will, in all probability differ according to the custom of the operation, but it is apparent that the adjustability of the wringer to and from the washing machine tub will be of the utmost convenience, and the providing of a bench upon which this adjustment can a take place, which will accommodate several tubs besides the tub of the washing machine, will greatly facilitate and expedite the laundry work.

lVhat I claim as new is:

1. A mechanical movement for wringcrs con'iprising a suitable elongated support, a master-shaft having fixed bearings and extcnding longitudinally under said support, a traveling frai'ne adjustable longitudinally on said support, a driving gear mounted on said shaft and movable with said frame, an idlegear j ournaled on said frame and engaged by said driving gear, a transverse shaft journaled in bearings supported by said traveling frame adapted to be actuated through the medium of said idle-gear, and sprocket wheels and a chain connected to said idlegear.

2. A mechanical movement for wringers comprising a suitable elongated support, a master-shaft having fixed bearings and extending longitudinally under said support, a traveling frame adjustable longitudinally on said support, a driving gear mounted on said shaft, a combined spur and beveled gear in mesh therewith, a longitudinally movable shaft upon which said combination gear is mounted, a beveled gear thereon facing the beveled teeth of the combination gear, a shaft, a pinion on one end thereof adapted to be engaged by either of said beveled gears, a driven-shaft, and means adapted to transmit the motion of said transverse shaft to said driven-shaft.

3. A mechanical. movement for wringers comprising a suitable elongated support, a mastenshaft having fixed bearings extending longitudinally below said support and made square in cross-section between its bearings, a driving frame longitudinally adj ustablc upon said support, a longitudinally movable shaft parallel to and deriving motion from said master-shaft, a pair of beveled gears on said longitudinally movable shaft, a lever fulerumed mediate its ends one end of which is adapted to engage and move said lastanentioned shaft longitluilinally, a vertical rocloshaft adapted to move said lever, a transverse shaft one end of which terminates adjacent the longitlulinally movable shaft, a pinion carried on the adjacent end of said transverse shaft and adapted to engage one of said beveled gears, a horizontally disposed driven shaft, and means for translnitting the motion of said transverse shaft to said driven shaft.

4. A mechanical movement for wringers comprising a suitable support, a longitudinally disposed master-shaft having fixed bearings in said support, a traveling frame movable longitudinally on said support and comprising two upright standards, a cross plate connecting the upper ends thereof, truck-frames to which said standards are secured, a driven shaft mounted on said traveling frame, and actuating means for said driven shaft carried by said frame and deriving motion from said master-shaft.

5. A mechanical movement for wringers comprising a suitable support, alongitudinally disposed master-shaft having fixed bearings in said support, a traveling frame movable longitudinally on said support and comprising two upright standards, a crossplate connecting the upper ends thereof, truck-frames to which said standards are secured, a driven shaft mounted on said traveling frame, a transmission shaft carried by said frame and arranged at an angle to said master-shaft, means, transmitting the motion of said master-shaft to said transmission-shaft, and separate actuating means connecting said transmission-shaft and driven shaft.

6. A mechanical movement for Wringers comprising a suitable support, a longitudinally disposed master-shaft having fixed bearings in said support, a traveling frame movable longitudinally on said support and comprising two upright standards, a crossplate connecting the upper ends thereof, truck-frames to which said standards are secured, a driven shaft mounted on said traveling frame, a transmission shaft car ried by said frame and arranged at an angle to said master-shaft, gears transmitting the motion of said master-shaft to said transmission-shaft, and a chain and sprockets connecting said transmission-shaft and driven shaft.

7. A. mechanical movement for wringers comprising a suitable support, a longitudinally disposed master-shaft having fixed bearings in said support, a traveling frame movable longitudinally on said support and. comprising two upright standards, a cross plate connecting the upper ends thereof, truck-frames to which said standards are secured, a driven-shaft journaled on said cross-plate, a transmission-shaft carried by the lower portion of said frame, a pinion on the end of said transmission-shaft nearest said master-shaft, a spur-gear splined on said master-shaft, an idle-pinion meshing with said spur-gear and adapted to transmit the motion of said master-shaft to said transmission-shaft, and actuating neans connecting said transmission-shaft and dri Von-shaft.

8. A mechanical, movement for wringers comprising a suitable support, a longitu dinally disposed master-shaft having lined bearings in said support, a traveling frame movable longitudinally on said support and comprising two upright standards, a crossplate connecting the upper ends thereof, truck-frames to which said standards are secured, a driven-shaft journaled on said cross-plate, a transmission-shaft carried by the lower portion of said frame, a pinion on the end of said transmission-shaft nearest said master-shaft, a spur-gear splined on said master-shaft, two bodily shiftable beveled gears adapted to alternately engage said pinion, and a spur-gear connected concentrically to one of said beveled gears, means for shifting said beveled gears, and actuating means connecting said transmission-shaft and driven-shaft. V

9. A device of the kind specified comprising a suitable elongated support, parallel tracks to the top thereof, a traveling-frame comprising wheeled trucks movable on said tracks, standards secured to and arising from said trucks, a cross-plate connecting said standards, a driven-shaft journaled on said cross-plate, a master-shaft extending lo-ngitiudinally under said support, and actuating means for said driven-shaft that are mounted on and movable with said traveling-frame and deriving motion from said master-shaft.

10. A device of the kind specified comprising a suitable elongated support, paral .lel tracks on the top thereof, a travelingframe comprising wheeled trucks movable on said tracks, standards secured to and arising from said trucks, a cross-plate connecting said standards, a driven-shaft journaled on said cross-plate, a master-shaft extending longitudinally under said support, and gearing for said driven-shaft. that is mounted on and movable with said traveling-frame and deriving motion from said master-shaft.

11. A mechanical movement for wringerscomprising a suitable support, a longitudinal master-shaft having fixed bearings in said support, a traveling-frame longitudinally ustable on said support, a driven shaft carried by said frame above said support, actuating means for said driven-shaft CO1 iprising a longitudinally movable shaft parallel to and deriving motion from said master-shaft, a pair of beveled gears on said movable shaft, a lever fulcrumed mediate its ends, one end of which is adapted to engage and move said last-mentioned shaft longitudinally, a verti'al rock-shaft adapted to move said lever, a transmission.-shaft one end of which terminates adjacent the longitudinally movable shaft, a pinion carried on the adpicent end thereof and adapted to be engaged by one of said beveled rs, gearing connecting said movable shaft and master-shaft and means for transmitting the motion of said transmisi sion shaft to said driven shaft.

12. A mechanical movement for wringers comprising a suitable support, a longitudinal master-shaft having fixed bearings on said support and made square in crosssection a portion of its length, a traveling frame longitudinally adjustable upon said support, a driven-shaft carried by said frame, means for actuating said driven shaft comprising a traveling-gear mounted upon the square portion of said master shaft, a combined spur and beveled gear in mesh therewith, a longitudinally movable shaft upon which said combination gear is mounted, a beveled gear upon the opposite end of said movable shaft, a lever fulcrumed mediate its ends one end of which is adapted to engage and move said last-mentioned shaft longitudinally, a transmissionshaft, a pinion on one end thereof adapted to be engaged by either of said beveled gears, and means adapted to transmit the motion of said transmission-shaft to said driven-shaft.

13. A mechanical movement for wringers comprising a suitable support, a longitudinal master-shaft having fixed bearings on said support and made square in crosssection a portion of its length, a traveling frame longitudinally adjustable upon said support, a driven-shaft carried by said frame, a sprocket on the outer end of said driven-shaft, means for actuating said sprocket comprising a traveling gear mounted upon the square portion of said master shaft, a combined spur and beveled gear in mesh therewith, a longitudinally movable shaft upon which said combination gear is mounted, a beveled gear upon the opposite end of said movable shaft, a lever fulcrumed mediate its ends one end of which is adapted to engage and move said lastmentioned shaft longitudinally, a transmission-shaft, a pinion on one end thereof adapted to be engaged by either of said beveled gears, a sprocket on the opposite end of said transmission-shaft, and a chain operatively connecting said last-mentioned sprocket with said first-mentioned sprocket and thereby transmitting the motion of said transmission shaft to said driven shaft.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of June, 1913.

SAMUEL T. WHITE. Witnesses:

OLGA R. Mnoicnnnnuno, CHAS. H. TAPPETT.

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